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Sections #4365, 5067THEATER ARTS 7B
CONTEMPORARY FILM HISTORY SYLLABUSSpring 2012 Tuesday
Classes
INSTRUCTOR: DR. ROD FOSTER
OFFICE: C121-FPHONE: 626.585.7563
e-mail: [email protected] materials are at:
vams.pasadena.edu/~wrfoster
TEXT : Film History II: Contemporary Film History, 1st ed. (With
Great RiverTechnologies Access) isbn #978-0-7575-8482-4, FosterThe
text book is available at the publishers web site(kendallhunt.com)
discounted to $56.00.
Date Topic and assignment
Feb. 21 Course introduction and methodsAssignment: Read Chapters
1
(Begin chapter quizzes. All chapters are available until June
8)
Feb. 28 Hollywood in the FiftiesRebel Without a Cause
March 6 Hitchcock (North by Northwest)
March 13 The New Wave and Truffaut (400 Blows)Assignment: Read
Chapter 2 &3
March 20 Post Code Hollywood (Bonnie and Clyde)Assignment: Read
Chapter 4
March 27 Counter-culture: The Sixties and New Auteurs Mike
Nichols (TheGraduate)Film Review (Term paper) Project
AssignedAssignment: Read Chapter 9
April 3 The New Auteurs Continued Roman Polanski (Rosemarys
Baby)Midterm Review
April 10 Midterm Examination
Assignment: Read Chapter 5
April 17 Spring Break (campus closed)
April 24 The Film School Generation Inherits Hollywood Francis
FordCoppola and Godfather
May 1 Godfather continuedAssignment: Read Chapter 6
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May 8 Milos Foreman, Jack Nicholson and Cuckoos Nest
May 15 Martin Scorsese (The King of Comedy)Term Papers Due
May 22 American Independent Cinema in the Eighties (Stand By
Me)Read Chapter 7 and 8
May 29 The Dominance of Corporate Cinema (L.A.
Confidential)Extra Credit Papers Due
June 5 Independent Film and the Festival Movement (Run Lola,
Run)Final Review(June 8: Last day to take chapter quizzes)
June 12 Final Examination: Morning Class 8:00amAfternoon Class
1:00pm
Student Learning Outcomes:1. Students will be able to identify
the major developments and events in
contemporary film history as demonstrated on quizzes
andexaminations.
2. Students will be able to identify major figures and their
contributions tocontemporary motion picture history as demonstrated
on quizzes andexaminations.
3. Students will be able to identify major films on contemporary
filmhistory as demonstrated on quizzes and lectures.
4. Students will be able to analyze motion picture style, mise
en scene,theme and presentation as demonstrated through class
discussion and
writing assignments.
GRADING: Attendance (45 points)----------- 45Chapter
quizzes-------------------- 80Term Paper (100 points)---------
100
Midterm (50 points)---------------- 50
Final Exam (100 points)---------- 100Total
Points-------------------------- 375
Extra Credit 25 points maximum
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Chapter Quizzes:1. Your access code comes with your text book.
It is the only access code you
will receive. Do not buy a used book as it will not contain an
active accesscode.
2. Quizzes must be completed by noon on the date stated in this
syllabus.3. You will have twelve minutes to complete each quiz. Do
not log off or lose
your internet connection while taking a quiz. If you do log off
or lose your
connection, you will not get credit for that quiz.
ATTENDANCE: 1. One or no absences 45 points
2. Two absences 30 points3. Three absences 15 points4. Four or
more absences expect to fail
5. There is no such thing as an excused absence
Other Course Policies:1. No papers accepted by e-mail.2.
Plagiarism (def.): To steal and use (the ideas or writings of
another) as
ones own.Plagiarized term papers will receive an automatic zero
grade.
Plagiarized extra credit papers will result in a 25 point
deduction fromthe final grade.
3. Repeated cell phone use will result in a charged absence.4.
It is your responsibility to sign the sign-in sheet.5. It is your
responsibility to read and understand the syllabus.
